Rick:
No. There is no "alter synonym" command in SQL (none that I can find or know
of, at least). The way you describe is the only way to do it.
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> Is there a way to do what would be an ALTER SYNONYM?
>
> I've got a synonym created that rotates between pointing to two different
> tables. Sometimes it points to TABLE_A, sometimes to TABLE_B. (This is
> so that behind the scenes, I can truncate and reload TABLE_A, and then
> swap, etc. so the table "never disappears".)
>
> However, when I want to switch the SYNONYM from pointing to TABLE_A to
> pointing to TABLE_B, the only way is to:
>
> drop synonym table_syn;
> create synonym table_syn for table_b;
>
> Is there a way to make that instantaneous for the database? If someone
> does a select at the exact instant between those two commands, it'll error
> out, because the table "won't exist".
>
> -Rick
>
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